NAME

missfits - edit/check/maintain FITS files

SYNOPSIS

missfits input_file1 [input_file2 ...] [-c configuration-file]

missfits

input_dir1 [input_dir2 ...] [-c configuration-file]

missfits

input_prefix1 [input_prefix2 ...] [-c configuration-file]

missfits -d

DESCRIPTION

MissFITS is a program that performs basic maintenance and packaging tasks on FITS files:
- add/edit/remove FITS header keywords
- split/join Multi-Extension-FITS (MEF) files
- unpack/pack FITS data-cubes
- create/check/update FITS checksums, using R. Seaman's protocol
( see http://www.adass.org/adass/proceedings/adass94/seamanr.html)
- compress/decompress FITS data (*not yet available*)
See http://astromatic.net/software/missfits for more details.

MANUAL

The full documentation for MissFITS is maintained as a PDF manual available at http://astromatic.net/software/missfits

REPORTING BUGS

Please report bugs to the MissFITS software forum at http://astromatic.net/forum.

SEE ALSO

eye(1), psfex(1), scamp(1), source-extractor(1), sky(1), stiff(1), stuff(1), swarp (1), weightwatcher(1)

AUTHORS

Written by Emmanuel Bertin and Chiara Marmo (Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris).

LICENSE

MissFITS is licensed under the terms of the General Public License (GPL), version 3.

COPYRIGHT

This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.